Lebanon cabinet will finally meet Monday to resolve the Garbage crisis

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A car is seen between a pile of garbage covered with white pesticide in the Palestinian refugee camp of Sabra in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, July 23, 2015. The Lebanese cabinet has failed to agree on a...   (Associated Press)
A car is seen between a pile of garbage covered with white pesticide in the Palestinian refugee camp of Sabra in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, July 23, 2015. The Lebanese cabinet has failed to agree on a… (Associated Press)
The Cabinet will finally meet next week to examine a solution to the 5-month-old garbage crisis.

Prime Minister Tammam Salam announced the decision on Friday. Salam called on the Cabinet to convene at 4:30 p.m. Monday to discuss Agriculture Minister Akram Chehayeb’s proposals to export garbage and take the appropriate decisions on them.

Salam has previously rejected calls to convene the Cabinet until an agreement over the garbage crisis is reached.

Speaking to reporters after meeting Berri at Ain al-Tineh on Friday , Salam expressed optimism about resolving the garbage crisis.

“There is a positive development. There is a plan [on exporting garbage] that will be fully discussed. Exporting garbage is a temporary measure until we adopt sustainable plan and solutions for this issue,” he told reporters after the meeting.

Asked whether the rift over Lebanon joining a Saudi-led Islamic military coalition to fight terrorism would be discussed during the Cabinet session, Salam said: “This session is devoted to discussing the issue of garbage and exporting it.”

Several rumors are circulating about the cost of exporting the garbage , but Chehayeb called the numbers inflated

Ministerial sources told An Nahar that very few details are being revealed over the trash disposal deal, most notably on its cost and funding.

They said that it calls on municipalities to cover 25 percent of the cost, while the state will cover the remaining 75 percent.

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3 responses to “Lebanon cabinet will finally meet Monday to resolve the Garbage crisis”

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar

      Good Link. Wonder if Lebanon wants to use it’s ships?

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar

    “very few details are being revealed” …. about anything … we know.
    You know that 10 Million that was supposed to guarantee Leb Schooling to grade 9?? Anyone remember that money ?? Big News not so long ago … hohoho
    My latest ‘insider info’ tells of an Apartment Manager who had to take his kid OUT of school this month because the renters can’t pay the rents in Yankee Bucks any more, and therefore he can’t pay the schooling. Hellooooo …
    The by-line is: ‘Only Syrian kids get it free, and they get ‘lunches&juice’ TOO.’
    (it’s what I hear … I think it’s reliable info..)

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